Unplanned Downtime in the Gulf of Mexico: A Significant Production Loss Management Opportunity for Producers

摘要

An analysis of 190 US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) producing assets in Ziff Energy's field level operations database reveals significant opportunities for improving operating efficiency by reducing downtime. Total (planned and unplanned) production efficiency (PE) of these assets was found to be 88%. Of the 12% production loss relative to potential (no downtime) production, 8% was a result of unplanned downtime, while 4% was either planned (i.e., accounted for in the company's annual budgets) or a result of external causes, such as weather. This result indicates significant potential exists to increase production by reducing the frequency and duration of unplanned downtime (Fig. 1).